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\n“D<\/fancyletter>olphins, get up, run, dolphins near the hill” dizzy from sleep I pulled on clothes and staggered out into the bright sunlight. Dylan was already on top of the hill waving his hands in urgency. I chambered up, and there were the fins gliding up and down in the bay, occasionally jumping into the air. A whole pod, enjoying some fishing under the first bluish sky we’d seen since arriving. A lone seal starred up at us from below.<\/p>\n

My solar charger and I sat on a rock and began recharging our batteries. Warm sun and happiness, but perhaps I needed the grey days for this to feel so good.<\/p>\n

Dry at last and with the slow puncture finally dealt with, the hills weren’t defeating me. The black treacle of yesterday’s lochs now more of a silver blue. Then splash, splash, splash. The trout were rising, like we’d never seen before. Dylan is on the scent and a fishing license obtained and a picnic lunch delivered he is off up to his calves in icy water.<\/p>\n

Those who speak of the romance of a baguette on the bank of the seine, have they tried a loaf by a loch on a cushion of moss? Cheese and bread never tasted so good, a gentle, teasing breeze, gossiping birds and the water sparkling like a lady dressed for the opera. Shall I dare hope for a trout for dinner?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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